nicolae's quotes

Fenomene

— Roger Bacon

Cel ce doreste sa se bucure fara nici o umbra de indoiala de adevarurile aflate la baza fenomenelor trebuie sa stie cum sa se daruiasca experimentului.

Macintosh mouse

— John C. Dvorak on why the Macintosh would fail, San Francisco Examiner, 1984/02/19.

The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse.' There is no evidence that people want to use these things. What businessman knows about point sizes on typefaces or the value of variable point sizes ? Who out there in the general marke

Los Angeles County

— Kevin Fizz

Los Angeles County officials have asked that manufacturers, suppliers and contractors stop using the terms 'master' and 'slave' regarding computer hard drives, saying such terms are unacceptable and offensive. Additionally, the term 'e-mail' will now be c

Computer science

— G. Popek

Science is supposedly the method by which we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. In computer science, we all are standing on each others' feet.

How Internet works

— Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) explaining how the Internet works (2006)

I just the other day got, an internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why ? Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the internet commercially... They want to deliver vast amounts of

Peace

— Helen Steiner Rice

Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day.

Christmas tree

— Larry Wilde

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.

Letter

— Blaise Pascal

I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it short.

Great works

— Samuel Johnson

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.

Keep away from people who try to belittle

— Mark Twain

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

 

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